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He Needs Ale!

A World of Warcraft quest in Southern Barrens. Facts and objectives from the current retail game data.

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Quest facts

LevelLevel 10-30
Quest ID25151

Check whether you have already completed this quest in-game: /run print(C_QuestLog.IsQuestFlaggedCompleted(25151))

Requirements

FactionAlliance only

Read from the Blizzard quest API.

What to do

StorylineSouthern Barrens, step 79 of 89
Rewards4,100 XP

Description

<Marley grasps the side of your head with a shaking, bloody hand.> Ale... Must... have ale... Ol' Barkerstout from inside. <He coughs.> That should ... do the trick.

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Where to go

Pins are the quest’s own POI points from the current retail client, projected onto the in-game zone map. The game marks one blob as the quest’s turn-in; the rest are objective areas. Points that fall outside a map’s window are dropped rather than guessed at.

Southern Barrens Quest turn-in 4 mapped points
Southern Barrens map showing where to go for He Needs Ale!Turn-inObjective areaObjective areaObjective area

In-game waypoint: /way #199 49.2 86.6

Coordinates

  • Turn-inSouthern Barrens 49.2, 86.6/way #199 49.2 86.6
  • Objective areaSouthern Barrens 50.7, 86.8/way #199 50.7 86.8
  • Objective areaSouthern Barrens 49.2, 86.5/way #199 49.2 86.5

Map coordinates of the pins above. An area the client draws as a shape is given by the centre of its points.

Nearby on the Southern Barrens map

Quests whose map markers the client places closest to this one on Southern Barrens, nearest first. Distances are straight lines between the markers.

Getting there

Alliance flight points closest to the quest’s turn-in marker on Southern Barrens:

  • Fort Triumph, Southern BarrensAlliance · about 930 yards north
  • Mudsprocket, Dustwallow MarshAlliance and Horde · about 1,100 yards south-east
  • Theramore, Dustwallow MarshAlliance · about 2,200 yards east

From the turn-in, the objective areas lie:

  • Objective areaabout 110 yards east
  • Objective areaabout 100 yards east

Straight-line distances in yards between the quest’s own map markers (QuestPOI) and the client’s flight-point positions (TaxiNodes); flight paths and terrain are not modelled.

Related
Experience4,100 XP
ReputationIronforge +250

Reward details

Reputation: Ironforge +250

This Alliance capital is the pride of the Dun Morogh dwarves. Home to King Magni.

Reputation group: Alliance.

Other quests in Southern Barrens that reward Ironforge reputation: Report to Twinbraid (+75), No Bull (+250), Digsite Status (+75), Hands Off Me Dig! (+250), Feegly the Exiled (+250), Marley's Final Flight (+10).

Item facts are the current retail client’s (ItemSparse); the specialisations for a pick-one item are the ones the Blizzard quest API lists; faction and currency text is the client’s own. Lowest listed price = the US commodity auction house now.

Storyline

Southern Barrens

Part 79 of 89.

Previous: Marley's Final Flight · Next: Bael'dun Rescue

  1. 74Echoes of Agamaggan
  2. 75Digsite Status
  3. 76Hands Off Me Dig!
  4. 77Feegly the Exiled
  5. 78Marley's Final Flight
  6. 79He Needs Ale!
  7. 80Bael'dun Rescue
  8. 81Who Did This?
  9. 82Twinbraid Needs to Know
  10. 83The Bad News
  11. 84Kill 'em All!
  12. 85...And Bury the Rest

Showing steps 74 to 85 of 89.

Storyline order is the client’s own QuestLine data from the current retail build.

Where this quest fits

Before this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Marley's Final FlightSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    Okay, <name>! Let's take these artifacts to my father and give him our report firsthand. Thanks to your help my flying machine is ready to roll. We can fly there together and share in the glory. Talk to me when you're all set to move out!

After this quest

Taken from the storyline's own step order.

  • Bael'dun RescueSouthern Barrens · Level 10-30

    Help - Help! You've got to do something! Some dwarves are still inside - so many - they're trapped in the debris. Buried alive. The flames! It's a nightmare in there. We don't know how much longer until the roof collapses... Please, <class>, you've got to save them! Run inside.

The storyline at a glance

Southern Barrens has 89 steps, from Running the Gauntlet to Sabotage!.

Maps its steps are placed on (steps per map): Southern Barrens (88), Northern Barrens (1).

Steps of this storyline count toward:

Other storylines on the Southern Barrens map

Steps, storylines and map placement from the client’s QuestLine, prerequisite and QuestPOI data; neighbouring quest text is Blizzard’s own (quest API), shortened to its opening sentences.